Kramer Master Tape

Developed in association with Eddie Kramer, the Kramer Master Tape plugin is modeled on a rare vintage 1/4" reel-to-reel machine. With adjustable tape speed, bias, flux, wow & flutter, and noise parameters, the Kramer Master Tape provides comprehensive control over the contours of your sound. And to top it off, we’ve added a flexible slap & feedback delay, ideal for rock, dance, dub, you name it. For recording, mixing, mastering, and more, bring the richness and warmth of real tape saturation to your DAW with the Kramer Master Tape plugin. It’s the reel deal.

When Waves started a hardware modeling project with Eddie Kramer, it was always their intention to create a model of the original recording chain from Olympic Studios in London that Eddie used on his great recordings of Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix.

“I'm always able to find the right tape saturation to fit whatever digital production I'm working on; and I enjoy manipulating the delay controls for some interesting effects, which is always important to reach the Dub Side of the Moon!”

Darude (Ville Virtanen)
Artist, Producer, Remixer, DJ

“I love Kramer Tape on my master buss with very mild settings, but using enough to get that roundness and fullness on the low end, and that analog widening, ear-pleasing magic it does on the whole sound!”

Lampadinha
Producer, Mixer, Studio & FOH Engineer

Charlie Brown Jr., Titas, NX Zero, Scalene

“Kramer Master Tape is one of my most important tools when mixing. Its incredible ‘Glue Everything’ characteristic gives me that final polish I need.”